\ IRGINIA 

PR  I  IN/IE  R. 


I 


k'oiVii  ;ri  :  ..^hi  Rl  first,  wiih  ease  go  on, 

*  nd  each  new  tajb^is  with  new  pleasare  done. 


RI€n3fOND:  M 

J    R.  KEININCJIAM,  211  BaOAD  STR^ir,  8?j 

•  1804:  m 


/  / 


THE 


V^IRGINIA 

prim:er 


Youth  set  aright  at  jirst,  with  aase  go  on, 

And  each  new  task  is  with  new  pleasure  done. 


RICHMOND: 

J.  R.  KEININGHAM,  211  Broad  Street, 
1864. 


Ma-crkriace  &  i'^rgus-sen,  Frintera 


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THE 

VIRGINIA    PRIMER, 

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THE    \-IRGINlA    PBIM^IR. 


ROMAN  SMALL  LETTERS. 


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THE   VIRGINIA   PRIMER.  5 

ITALIC  CAPITAL  LETTERS. 

A       B       C      D       E      F      a 

H     I     J     K  L     M     N 

OP      Q     E     S     T     U 

V      W     X  Y     Z     & 

ROMAN  VOWELS. 

A  E  I  O  U  Y— a  e  i  o  u  y 


CONSONANTS. 

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DOUBLE  LETTERS, 
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6 


THE  VIEGIIyriA  PRBIEK» 


ba  be  bi 

ea  ce  ci 

da  de  di 

fa  fe  fi 

ga  ge  gi 

ha  he  hi 


bo  bu 

CO  cu 

do  du 

fo  fu 

go  gu 

ho  hu 


ra     re 

sa      86 
ta     te 


ro 

so 

to 


va  ve  vj. 

wa  we  "wi  wo  wu 

ya  ye  yi  yo  yu 

z.a  ze  zi  zo  au 

am  em  im  em  urn 

an  en  in  on  un 


ka     ke  ki  ko  ku 

la     le  li  lo  lu 

ma    me  mi  mo  mu 

Ba    ne  ni  no  nu^ 

pa     pe  pi  po  pu 

ru  ab     eb  ib  ob  ub 

su  ac     ec  ic  oe  uc 

ed  id  od  ud 

ef  if  of  uf 

eg  ig  og  ug 

ek     ik  ok  uk 

el  il  ol  ul 


vu 


tu!ad 
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av     ev     IV     ov    u? 
ax     ex     ix     ox     ux 


ap     ep     ip     op     up  bj     ey     dy    fy     gj 
ar     er     ir      or     nr  hy     jj     ky    ly    my 

as      es     is      os     usny     py    ry    sy    ty 


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ot      wi'vy     wy    zy  .  za    az 


THE   VIRGINIA.   FEIMES. 


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ef 

if 

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Uk 

al 

el 

il 

ol 

ul 

am 

em 

im 

om 

urn 

SLU 

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in 

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UK 

ap 

ep 

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av 

ev 

iv 

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uv 

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ox 

us 

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m 

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ge 

gi 

mj 

me 

90 

fy 

go 

at 

if 

ox 

up 

ry 

Is 

to 

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aia 

cj 

8 


THE   VIEGniSriA  PRIMER, 


book 


eoTV 


silip 


ear 


j^m 


men 


liorn 


bla  ble  bli  Wo  Blu 

bra  bre  bri  bro  bru 

cla  cle  cli  clo  clu 

era  ere  cri  cro  cru 

dra  dre  dri  dro  dru 

fla  fle  fli  flo  fiu 

fra  fre  fri  fro  fru 

gla  gle  gli  glo  glu 

gra  gre  gri  gro  gru 

pla  pie  pli  plo  plu 

pra  pre  pri  pro  pru 

slia  she  shi  sho  sliu 


M. 


ska  ska  ski  sko  sku 

sla    sle    sli  slo    slu 
sma  sme  smi  smo  smu 

sna  sne  sni  sno  snu 

spa   spe  spi  spo   spu 

sta    ste    sti  sto    stu 

tha   the   thi  tho    thu 

tra    tre    tri  tro   tru 


THE    VIRGINIA    PRBIETJ. 


hot 
dig 

log 

not 
gig 

cat 

bid 

fat 
did 

hat 
hid 

bad 
bed 

had 
fed 

lad 
led 

fop 
dip 

hog 
hip 

lop 

lip 

bob 
hut 

fob 
cut 

mob 

gut 

map 
cry 

nap 
dry 

rap 
fry 

fin 
ben 

pin 

den 

sin 
fen 

bar 

bag 

far 
cag 

jar 
hag 

gun 
gum 

nun 
mum 

run 
hum 

bet 
bug 

let 
dug 

met 
hug 

God 
nut 

man 
jug 

gem 
nip 

wed 

rat 

pry 
kid 

spy 

mop 

pen 
rip 

rag 
pot 

dun 
sob 

sad 

put 

tin 
mad 

log 
tar 

sura 

red 
tap 

men 

rob 

net 
mar 

pig 

sot 

•win 
fun 

10 
house 


trunk 
anvil 


THE    VIBGIl^IA    FEIHEE. 

glass. 

bloom, 

house. 

sheaf. 

mouse. 

tongs. 

chain. 

clock. 

wheel, 

quill. 

crown. 


c^ 


spoon, 
knife. 


THE   VIEGINIA    PRIMER. 


11 


COW 

how 

mow 

now 

sow 

bay 

day 

gay 

hay 

jay 

law 

maw 

paw 

ravy- 

saw 

tow 

bow 

low 

mow 

row 

dew 

few 

hew 

mow 

new 

nay 

pay 

ray 

say 

way 

doe 

foe 

roe 

toe 

due 

rue 

sue 

awe 

daw 

jaw 

CANNON. 

The  cannon  makes  a  loud  noise. 


Go  in. 

He  can  dig. 

Go  on. 

I  can  hop. 

Go  up. 

Yon  can  run. 

We  do. 

They  can  fl^ 

Do  so. 

Let  us  go. 

12 


THE   VIRGINIA  PEIMER. 


sad-dle. 


m  or- tar. 


bot-tle. 


t:i-hh. 


pitch-er. 


so-fa. 


dock  lock  mock 

cold  fold  hold 

kick  lick  nick 

bend  fend  lend 

camp  damp  lamp 

bond  fond  pond 

link  pink  sink 

dint  hint  lint 


king  • 
deck 
high 
luck 

ring 
neck 
nigh 
muck 

sing 
peck 
sigh 
tuck 

jump 
balm 
bill 

lump 
calm 
fill 

pump 
palm 
hill 

buff 

cuff 

huff 

colt 
call 

jolt 
fall 

polt 

gair 

halt 

malt 

salt 

bell 

fell 

sell 

J  bent 

dent 

lent 

THE   VIRGINIA    PBIMEK. 


13 


boy 

coy- 

joy 

toy 

too 

woo 

bee 

fee 

die 

fie 

lie 

pea 

tea 

yea 

vow 

lay 

oak 

orb 

oar 

oat^ 

age 

ape 

ear 

eat 

one 

our 

out 

own 

are 

aid 

aim 

you 

All  of  us,  my  son,  are  to  die. 
Go  not  in  the  way  of  bad  men. 
The  eye  of  God  is  on  us  all  the  day ; 
And  he  can  see  us  in  all  we  do. 


14 


THE    VIKGINIA    PRJUVIER. 


soldier. 


harp. 


piano. 


arm. 


buck 
ramp 
dung 

held 

comb 
hall 
dumb 
gang 

duck 

j  dull 
fact 
sand 

back 
tall 
sift 
tell 

milk 

well 

felt 

wilt 

bark 


muck 
band 
pomp 
puff 

told 
limb 
hemp 
wing 

till 
pent 
hull 
wing 

half 
vamp 
lack 
plant 

kind 

halt 

mend 

hard 

will 


THE   VIEGINIA   PEIMEE. 


15 


flax 

plan 

shod 

wrang 

shad 

crab 

shop 

prog 

clod 

brad 

drum 

ship 

siDg 

wren 

swim 

wrap 

snug 

whet 

gnat 

bred 

babe 

yoke 

gale 

mind 

cope 

pair 

bate 

dive 

rage 

jade 

lime 

hold 

plat 

hire 

pave 

safe 

tale 

cane 

mute 

base 

CANAL  BOAT. 

The  boat  is  drawn  by  horses, 


f  f  we  live  well,  we  shall  die  well. 
He  doth  live  ill  who  doth  not  mend. 

We  must  love  all  men ;  yea,  we  must  pray 
for  them  that  hate  ug,  and  try  to  do  us  hartft. 


16 


THE  VIRGINIA   PRIMEE. 


cage 

wide 

lane 

cure 

cave 

note 

rove 

wile 

bane 

game 

cake 

core 

mole 

lace 

mile 

kite 

ride 

safe 

liarc 

wipe 

bake 

mate 

pore 

fate 

pipe 

lame 

rude 

mule 

tire 

rise 

care 

mope 

tune 

vote 

here 

mace 

hope 

dame 

lice 

rake 

irine 

tile 

same 

bite 

wiie 

nice 

robe 

sake 

bone 

time 

dire 

tide 

rope 

tore 

ware 

poke 

face 

life 

make 

page 

male 

sure 

gate 

dare 

bide 

mice 

like 

pine 

dice 

pale 

vine 

hope 

more 

rate 

pane 

race 

THE   VIRGINIA   PRIiMEE. 


17 


moon 

paid 

fair 

loud 

feel 

heap 

beam 

roar 

blow 

fray 

town 

gain 

coal 

flaw 

moat 

pray 

snow 

they 

brew 

hoot 

poor 

feet 

tool 

keen 

soul 

thou 

gain 

pair 

thee 

keep 

peer 

leek 

PIANO. 


Boys  love  play  ;  they  run,  hop,  skip,  and 
jump. 

They  may  play  some  ;  but  if  they  would 
be  wise,  they  should  read  and  work  much 
more. 


IS 


THE   VIRGINIA   FEIMEK. 


beef 

meet 

deep 

week 

noon 

peep 

hoof 

doom 

hoop 

deer 

reel 

seem 

coop 

seek 

weep 

heel 

jail 

laid 

coin 

pour 

seal 

fJay 

flow 

howl 

thaw 

void 

nail 

rout 

boat 

leaf 

grey 

plea 

flea 

ease 

loaf 

soak 

deaf 

load 

meat    . 

weak 

dray 

hair 

rail 

main 

bray 

sail 

fain 

toil 

crow 

pawn 

chew 

stay 

maid 

soul 

lawn 

play 

rain 

fail 

maim 

leaf 

slow 

dawn 

team 

beak 

heat 

read 

heal 

slew 

meal 

road 

coat 

bear 

gown 

roara 

lean 

cluo 

tea'd 

Hit 

vain 

tail 

lllE    VIRGINIA    PEIMEK. 


engine. 


KmOsicI 


music. 


hat 


mortar. 


tumbler. 


M 


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f 


world 

froth 

flask 

crush 

blind 

shred 

shark 

craft 

scrub 

lungs 

scorn 

blunt 

bench 

cloth 

flash 

match 

brisk 

march 

latch 

bliss 

crust 

broth 

birch 

cross 

plait 

8C0ff 

thick 

small 

forth 

grasp 

trust 

tench 

chaff 

block 

track 

fctrap 

storm 

crock 

truth 

marsh 

!0 


THE   VIRGINIA    PEIMEE. 


scrap 
strut 
scrip 
shall 


horse 
snake 
stage 
blote 


right        swell 
grind        scurf 
fresh 
theft 


flock  stuff 

class  smell 

short        knock  stink 

shaft     .   cleft  stack 


grace 

stile 

crave 

stone 

grape 

flute 

since 

verse 

clove 

flane 

dunce 

slope 

prune 

gripe 

spare 

snort 

shore' 

curse 

brute 

shade 

drive 

(^lase 

shake 

crime 

stale 

knife 

crane 

price 

fence 

flank 

dance 

prime 

spike 

globe 

chime 

brave 

smite 

chafe 

plane 

grove 

blade 

carve 

nerve 

hinge 

blaze 

"white 
prize 
chide 
knave 


place 
grave 
farce 
chase 


state  twice 

di'one  sworn 

store  ridge 

paste  crape 


slave 
tithe 
spice 


waste 
snipe 
share 


large 
pence 
ran  ere 


wedge      smoke 
glaze       scare 
close        thine 


THE   VIKGIlN^IA   PRIMER. 


21 


pride 

choke 

glare 

blame 

starve 

prose 

horse 

swine 

sharp 

those 

hedge 

prone 

barge 

haste 

shave 

theme 

bribe 

helve 

spark 

torch 

sprit 

bluff 

chose 

snore 

smile 

which 

smack 

graze 

there 

snack 

brunt 

stilt 

sword 

knack 

spent 

glove 

purge 

Tfortli 

gloss 

start 

PRINTING  PRESS, 


They  who  would  read  well,  must  at  first 
learn  to  read  slow,  and  miYid  all  the  stops ;  at 
each  of  which  they  must  make  a  short  peMi^. 


22 


THE    VIRGINIA   PRIMER. 


llOllSG 

bound 

crowd 

haunt 

round 

louse 

proud 

pouch 

count 

mouth 

vaunt 

sound 

stout 

pound 

scout 

cause 

creep 

steed 

bleed 

cheet 

green 

leech 

sweet 

teeth 

fleet 

sweep 

check 

breed 

speed 

wheel 

sneer 

proof 

shoot 

tooth 

floor 

spoon. 

bloom 

stool 

loose 

scoop 

sloop 

groom 

brook 

stoop 

goose 

shook 

'    broom   . 

stood 

queen 

sleep 

kneel 

steel 

steer 

booth 

sleek 

teach 

sheaf 

reach 

sneak 

clean 

.mouse 

speak 

cheap 

tease 

heart 

cream 

vouch 

brain 

spear 

glean 

taunt 

pause 

bleak 

grain 

paint 

squib 

chain 

daunt 

clear 

plead 

THE   ViEGlJNiA    PRIMEB. 


23 


noise 

strain 

trail 

lease 

saint 

claim 

touch 

shear 

raise 

frail 

taint 

poise 

peace 

leave 

point 

slain 

cloud 

mourn 

faint 

bleat 

groan 

roach 

feast 

cheat 

quick 

joint 

moirt    . 

broil 

faith 

treat 

coach 

heave 

MAN  AND  HORSE, 


Good  boys  and   girls  love  to  read  their 
books ;  and  when  set  to  work,  they  will  try 
to  do  it  well :  taey  will  not  pout,  fret,  cry,*^ 
nor  look  sour. 

Kings,  and  all  men  must  die. 

Death  is  the  lot  of  all  men. 


24 


THE   VIEGINIA   PRIMER, 


throne 

stripe 

prince 

bridge 

chance 

stride 

harsh 

crutch 

branch 

thresh 

snatch 

drench 

scotch 

thrive 

trance 

scheme 

prance 

stroke 

fringe 

strike 

thrice 

strive 

pledge 

starve 

charge 

flitch 

thrush 

speech 

cheese 

brought 

plough 

sleeve 

A  SLOOP. 

THE   VIRGINIA   PRIMER.  2o 


Words  accented  on  the  first  syllable. 


al  so 

la  dy 

ed  dy 

ro  sy 

ax  is 

la  zy 

en  vy 

ru  by 

bi  as 

li  ar 

ev  er 

ru  in 

bo  2iy 

ma  ny 

ex  it 

su  et 

dial 

li  on 

fuel 

ti  dy 

diet    . 

na  vy 

fu  ry 

to  ry 

do  er' 

po  et 

ha  zy 

ugly 

du  el 

pony 

bo  ly 

un  to 

du  ty    * 

re  al 

in  to 

va  ry 

di  er 

ri  ot 
mi  ser 

j^i-y 

vi  al 

ac  tor 

ra  ker 

ma  ker 

ad  der 

na  ked 

el  der 

ma  son 

af  ter 

of  fer 

en  ter 

ri  der 

al  um 

on  set 

er  ror 

ru  der 

am  ber 

or  der 

en  try 

ru  ral 

an  gel 

or  gan 

fa  tal 

so  ber 

aw  ful 

ol  ive 

fe  ver 

to  tal 

bo  som 

pa  gan 

final 

tu  lip 

ca  per 

pa  per 

gi  ant 

tu  tor 

cider 

pi  lot 

lia  zel 

vi  per 

26 


ihE   TlEGiNIA    PRIMiiJE. 


a  corn 

mar  ket 

am  busk 

bal  lad 

nap  kin 

bar  ber 

car  ter 

0  ver 

chat  ter 

dra  per 

pot  ter 

dar  ling 

edg  ing 

quar  rel 

em  blem 

farm  er 

rab  bit 

fat  ling 

gal  Ion 

sa  cred 

gam  mon 

ham  mer 

ta  per 

hand  ful 

in  side 

ul  cer 

in  step 

j«g  g^er 

¥al  ley 

jest  er 

kin  dred 

wake  ful 

king  dom 

la  dj 

wor  thy 

lap  pet 

man  ner 

ab  sence 

nice  \j 

nim  ble 

bro  ken 

pa  pis£ 

office 

chan  nel 

rag  ged 

par  rot 

dung  hill 

sad  dler 

quar  ter 

em  berg 

slip  per 

ram  mer 

flat  ter 

tim  ber 

scat  ter 

glut  ton 

tor  rent 

tame  \j 

nor  net 

tur  key 

un  der 

mat  ron 

up  per 

va  cant 

judg  ment 

ver  min 

^an  ton 

kitch  en 

wel  far© 

TKE  VIRaiKIA   PBIilBE. 


27 


trum  pet 

chest  nut 

ut  ter 

si  lent 

sot  tish 

spun  gy 

mit  tens 

pat  tern 

frow  ard 

splen  dour 

spin  ster 

stag  ger 

ton  nage 

mem  ber 

ran  dom 

Bul  try 

splin  ter 

sim  per 

pre  cept 

til  lage 

tap  ster 

shel  .er 

sul  len 

stam  mer 

mam  mon 

par  eel 
TEA  PLANT. 

mo  ment 

Tea  is  the  leaves  of  a  plant  that  grows  in 
China. 


28 


THE   VIEGINIA   PEIMER- 


chil  dren 

sum  mer 

bar  rel 

m  let 

lord  ship 

fod  der 

pli  ant 

ser  pent 

cost ly 

sera  per 

mo  dish 

hunt  er 

tet  ter 

war  like 

slug  gard 

li  ning 

tur  ner 

trot  ters 

sharp  er 

sha  dj 

war  rant 

mil  ler 

plum  met 

plat  ter 

sig  nal 

lit  ter 

su  et 

con  trite 

sum  mon 

pur  chase 

fore  man 

ac  tress 

ser  mon 

spi  der 

crup  per 

lone  ly 

sup  per 

tin  der 

skil  ful 

pil  fer 

spite  ful 

per  son 

tor  ment 

pa  rent 

rec  tor 

sun  der 

splen  did 

sur  name 

rub  bish 

pur  blind 

trans  port 

ser  vant 

self  ish 

rug  ged 

bant  ling 

turn  bier 

eur  face 

fro  zen 

spin  net 

ten  dril 

e  vil 

pip  kin 

snap  pish 

eon  vent 

spin  ner 

pur  pose 

sbar  pen 

med  ley 

lin  net 

THE  VIEGINIA   PRIIIBE. 


29 


mil  lion 

sec  tion 

spc  cial 

pill  ion 

min  ion 

par  tial 

fac  tion 

pas  sion 

nup  tial 

frac  tion 

man  sion 

pre  cious 

op  tion 

ses  sion 

vi  cious 

sue  tion 

ver  sion 

fac  tious 

pin  ion 

pen  sion 

lus  cious 

unc  tion 

mis  sion 

pa  tient 

June  tion 

no  tion 

quo  tient 

THE  URN. 

30 


THE    VIRGINIA    PRIMER, 


ab  hor 

de  test 

subject 

ab  sent 

dis  turb 

sub  tract 

ad  dress 

em  bark 

trans  mit 

a  larm 

for  get 

tre  pan 

at  tack 

im  plaiit 

un  bind 

be  set 

in  dulge 

unjust 

be  got 

in  flict 

un  lock 

com  pel 

in  trust 

up  on 

de  bar 

re  turn 

where  of 

CHANTICLEER, 


Each  mark  between  the  words,  is  a  pause^ 

gr  6topj  to  take  breath  at. 


THE   VIEGIjrtA    PEESEER. 


31 


K  rise 

at  tack 

a  bode 

be  neath 

be  set 

be  hind 

con  front 

com  pel 

con  duct 

bo  side 

de  tect 

de  test 

fim  broil 

e  mit 

ex  cite 

in  flame 

in  flict. 

in  fuse 

BIO  rose 

re  press 

pro  nouncs 

pro  pound 

sur  mount 

re  course 

je  cline 

them  selves 

sur  pass 

HORSE, 


Remove  far  from  mo  vanity  and  lies ;  give 
me  neither  poverty  nor  riches  ;  feed  me  with 
food  convenient  for  me ;  lest  I  be  full^  and 
deny  thse.  and  say,  Who  is  the  Lord  "^  Or, 
lest  I  be  poor,  and  stse.!,  and  take  the  nams 
of  mv  Grid  in  f^iu, 


32  THE   VIRGI]^^IA   PRIMER, 

BEE  HIVE. 


How  does  the  little  busy  bee 
Improve  each  shining  hour ; 

And  gather  honey  all  the  day, 
From  every  op'ning  flower  ! 

How  skilfully  she  builds  her  cell ! 

How  neat  she  spreads  her  wax ! 
And  labors  hard  to  store  it  well, 

With  tlie  sweet  food  she  makes. 

In  works  of  labor  or  of  skill, 

I  would  be  busy  too : 
For  Satan  finds  some  mischief  still 

For  idle  hands  to  do. 

In  books,  or  work,  or  healthful  play, 
Let  my  first  years  be  past ; 

That  I  may  give  for  every  day 
Some  good  account  at  last. 


va 


J.  K  KEININGHAM,        i 


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NO.  911  BROAD  STBEET, 
BICHMONO,  TA. 


MACFAllLANE    &  FERGUSSON,i 

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Corner  Bank  and  12th  Streets, 
BICHMONII,  YA, 


